Back in September, Pompano Beach, Florida-based JAE Restaurant Group announced it was now one of South Florida's largest employers, having acquired 97 Wendy's re-franchised restaurants within a year.
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It is rare that the European Parliament has anything to say about franchising. Recently though, that august institution spoke up, in the form of a study published by one of its committees, looking at the impact of regulation on franchising in Europe. While it is not the official position of the parliament, it cannot safely be ignored.
This operator grew from seven locations to 180, all in the Dairy Queen brand, while still in his early 30s. But his advice for other young operators is to make one unit profitable before adding another.
Spend just two minutes on the phone with Aubrey Janik, age 23, and you'll quickly have an appreciation for her outsized share of ambition and fearlessness. She's got a two-, three- and five-year plan, and if it all works out, franchising may have found its newest up-and-coming star.
Lending tech, insurTech, blockchain, oh my! The financial world is changing dramatically, but what on earth does it mean for business owners who don't live in the cloud?
Failure is a subjective term for Hao Lam. The founder and CEO of Best in Class has had life-changing failures—10, he says—including running from gunfire and being sent to a Vietnamese prison on several occasions.
Location: In Southeast Asia, Taiwan borders the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea just east of mainland China. Size and name: The island is about the size of Maryland and Delaware combined. Officially known as the Republic of China.
There are headless companies among us! Four public restaurant companies are currently without a permanent CEO, fallout from a transformative era and a difficult year for the industry.
Stepping off the sleek, new A-line train that swept me from the gates of DIA into the heart of downtown Denver—23 miles away—I was easily impressed by the Mile High City.
Executive Vice President and COO of Midas, Mike Gould, retired after 36 years with the business. Focus Brands promoted Paul Macaluso to president of McAlister's Deli. SpeedPro Imaging appointed Ryan Reeves as its vice president of franchise sales. Reeves previously held directorial positions at McAlister's Deli and Dickey's Barbecue Pit.